U23 World League

The Robíño Dome
Spectators: 7972 (Terracing: 5980, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hamid Hamedović got the match started through his kick off. After 9 minutes Robíño Football Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wilhelm Platini who took care of the corner kick. After 14 minutes of play, Gondor FC™'s Hamid Hamedović made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Per-Erik Biörk was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hamid Hamedović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Per-Erik Biörk having to interfere. When Hamid Hamedović came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Gondor FC™ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hamid Hamedović couldn't finish the play. 23 minutes into the match, Hamid Hamedović had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Per-Erik Biörk. Robíño Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hamid Hamedović was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Per-Erik Biörk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hamid Hamedović's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Gondor FC™'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wilhelm Platini in the 33rd minute. The corner led Gondor FC™'s Wilhelm Platini to fire away a dangerous shot which Per-Erik Biörk despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The throw-in from Boromir Knight in the 36th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Robíño Football Club's Henrik Ekgren. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bengt-Arne Ugla during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 38 played minutes Robíño Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Bengt-Arne Ugla. Đuro Brezović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrik Giliusson in the 40th minute of play. After 42 played minutes Gondor FC™ got a freekick which was hit by Hamid Hamedović. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Robíño Football Club made a substitution. Alex Möllgren replaced Henrik Ekgren. The wind increased when Patrik Giliusson made the kick off in the second half. Patrik Giliusson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Đuro Brezović read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. Gondor FC™'s Bahtijar Barbarez was substituted for Toma Abidović. In the 67th match minute, Gondor FC™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bahtijar Barbarez to maneuver through the defense. Đuro Brezović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kent Bergkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Gondor FC™'s Fadil Račić in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Robíño Football Club's goalie prevented a goal. 79 minutes into the game, Esbjörn Mikaelsson threw the ball into play from the sideline. Gondor FC™'s Baltazar Hercegovac quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 81st minute Patrik Giliusson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Đuro Brezović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Boromir Knight kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Gondor FC™'s Đuro Brezović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Calle Jakobsson in the 97th minute of play. Gondor FC™'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.